Hearst sued for libel over Cosmopolitan article
Thomas B. Harned a Philadelphia lawyer filed a suit in the U S Circuit Court seeking 75000 damages against International Magazine Company owners W R Hearst over an article titled Tragedies of the Sugar Trust. The piece included Attorney General Wickersham's letter copied from Henry Wise in Wise's desk. Harned was among those indicted by a federal grand jury in the Sugar Refining case but his indictment demurrer was sustained due to the statute of limitations.
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New York
Thomas B. Harned
Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court Today
International Magazine Company
W. R. Hearst
Cosmopolitan
Sugar Trust
Wickersham
Henry A. Wise
United States
Sequel Hinted In Letter Theft Tied to Sugar Trust Case
A Justice Department official warns of a possible sequel to the disappearance of a letter by Attorney General Wickersham. The 27 June note to District Attorney Wise, linked to sugar trust prosecutions, is described as potentially exposing the thief and leading to jail if theft is proven.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Wickersham
Wise
New York
Sugar Trust
Barber Line To Load Freight Here For Buenos Ayres
The Barber line will load part cargo here for Buenos Ayres, reinstating service after four years and linking to Boston from South America. The Teodora de Larrinaga is due today from St John N B to load 250000 feet of lumber about 1000 tons of paper and other freight at Mystic wharf before sailing to New York for completion.
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Holland-American Line
Barber Line
Buenos Ayres
Boston
South America
Teodora de
Fisherman and Tug Collide Off Buoy No 9
The Gloucester fishing schooner Eddie Minot, returning from Plymouth with 2500 pounds of cod, collided with a tug and two scows near Buoy No 9. The Minot suffered major damage, rail loss, engine failure, and had to seek repair in Rockport. Captain Griffin says he tried to steer clear when he saw the tug’s lights but was crowded.
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Eddie Minot
Gloucester
Rockport
Plymouth
Griffin
Cure for Colds with Glycerine Pine Oil and Whiskey
The article promotes a home remedy for coughs and colds using two ounces glycerine, a half ounce virgin oil of pine compound, and eight ounces pure whiskey. It claims a teaspoonful four times daily breaks up a cold in 24 hours and cures any curable cough, sourced from Leach Chemical Company Cincinnati.
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Leach Chemical Company of
Cincinnati
Whose Child Is This Five Dollar Reward Photo
A Boston Post photograph from East Boston shows Anna Sullivan five years old daughter of Mrs Elizabeth Sullivan of 3 Dunham park South Boston as the original of the image. Readers can identify the child and win five dollars by presenting themselves at the City Editor room 275 Washington street third floor between 3 and 5 p m within five days. The Post plans another school child photograph next Sunday with a full page of snapshots. Anna attends Howe School South Boston in third grade under Miss Flynn. She said she would use the coin to buy a new winter coat.
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Post
Boston
Boston Post
Washington Street
Anna Sullivan
Elizabeth Sullivan
Dunham Park
South Boston
Howe
Wardlaw sisters indicted in East Orange bathtub murder
In Essex county New Jersey the Wardlaw sisters were indicted on two counts each for the murder of Ocey W. M. Snead, the East Orange bathtub victim. The grand jury report followed brief proceedings in Newark as police and forensic experts testified.
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New York
Wardlaw
Essex County
N. J
Ocey W. M. Snead
East Orange
Essex County Grand Jury
Newark
Bell
William J. Kinsley
Five Stock Barns Burn in North Adams Fire
Five barns on E Parmelee Prentice's stock farm burned tonight near North Adams. A lantern explosion started the blaze, and with a strong west wind the flames spread to the other four buildings, causing about 22000 in losses. Nearby houses were saved as the wind carried embers away from them.
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North Adams
E. Parmelee Prentice
John. D. Rockefeller
Warrriner Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement in $643000 Theft
In Cincinnati Ohio December 22 Charles I L Warrriner former local treasurer of the Big Four railroad pleaded guilty to embezzlement after a hysterical plea for immediate sentencing. He was sentenced to six years hard labor in the state penitentiary ending a chapter in a theft totaling $643000 with blackmail allegations centered on a named woman.
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Cincinnati, CO
Charles IL. Warriner
Big Four Railroad
Knights of Modern Chivalry Pick City Court Esculapius
Albany December 22. Doctors nationwide contribute 20 each for a benefit certificate in the Knights of Modern Chivalry with a 5 fee for the title City Court Esculapius. Supreme Court Justice Chester assigns Superintendent Hotchkiss of the State insurance department to run the organization’s affairs.
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Albany
N. Y
Knights of Modern Chivalry
Supreme Court
Chester
Hotchkiss
State Insurance Department
Cambridge Man Awarded 2700 Damages in Arm Injury Suit
Charles W. Boyd of Cambridge wins $2700 damages from Park Sausage & Provision Co in Superior Civil Court before Judge Fox. Boyd, injured in 1901 at the plant, sued for $10,000 after losing his arm in a machine.
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Cambridge
Charles W. Boyd
Park Sausage & Provision Company
Fox
East Cambridge
Boyd
Largest Navy gun tests at Indian Head Md life of 14 inch piece
Officials termed the tests of the 14 inch gun the biggest in the world at Indian Head Maryland as five shots were fired and one or two more are planned. The weapon 53 feet long weighs 63 tons fires a 1400 pound shell and uses 365 pounds of powder per shot with a 2600 feet per second muzzle velocity.
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Washington
Navy Department
Indian Head
Corset Steel Foils Would-Be Slayer
A shot fired through a bedroom window last night in Chicago was deflected by a corset steel, likely saving Miss Ethel Britelhuber. Her shadow on the curtain revealed the killer as the danger passed.
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Chicago
Ethel Britelhuber
Bkitelhuber
Social Code Clash Divides College Deans in Chicago
In Chicago the fourth biennial conference of women’s college deans adjourned early as debate over social etiquette and chaperonage caused a schism. Questions about hours for male visitors and handling drinking and smoking sparked the discord among attendees.
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Chicago
Judges Chosen for Boston Poultry Show
Judges have been selected for the Boston poultry show to be held January 11 to 15 at the Mechanics Building. Names include C. M. Bryant Rhode Island reds and Jiorace Havemyer white wyandottes among many others. Entries close December 25 with secretary W. Atherton at 30 Broagg street, Boston.
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Boston
Plymouth Rocks
C. H. Welles
Julius Frank
A. O. Schilling
J. M. Cutting
F. H. Howland
Richard Whitney
A. M. Ingram
Joseph Gavin
T. J. McIntyre
A. J. Edwards
George Feather
FF. F. Nagel
W. A. Hersey
Robert Whitaker
W. B. Atherton
G Street
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Arcauses Officials
Xmas Liquor Bargains
Sterne
New England
Rick and Aye
Tokay
Summer Street
Oxford
Franklin
Columbian Ice Cream CO
Washington St
Dudley St
Dorchester
Dair
India
Wellesley
Shawrelann
Dresden
James A. Houston Company
L. H. Magrane
Pres
P. B. Magrane
Treas
Boston Poultry Show
Washington and
Winter Streets
ASD
Vienna
Taffeta
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